diff --git a/src/engine/animation/skeleton.cpp b/src/engine/animation/skeleton.cpp
index 227c769..0841234 100644
--- a/src/engine/animation/skeleton.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/animation/skeleton.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <engine/animation/skeleton.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 skeleton::skeleton(std::size_t bone_count):
 	m_bone_parents(bone_count, 0),
@@ -33,10 +34,55 @@ void skeleton::update_rest_pose()
 	m_rest_pose.update();
 }
 
-void skeleton::set_bone_count(std::size_t bone_count)
+bone_index_type skeleton::add_bones(std::size_t bone_count)
 {
-	m_bone_parents.resize(bone_count, 0);
+	const bone_index_type first_bone_index = static_cast<bone_index_type>(m_bone_parents.size());
+	
+	m_bone_parents.resize(m_bone_parents.size() + bone_count, 0);
 	m_rest_pose.resize();
+	
+	return first_bone_index;
+}
+
+bone_index_type skeleton::add_bone(hash::fnv1a32_t name)
+{
+	const bone_index_type bone_index = add_bone();
+	
+	set_bone_name(bone_index, name);
+	
+	return bone_index;
+}
+
+void skeleton::remove_bones()
+{
+	m_bone_parents.clear();
+	m_bone_map.clear();
+	m_rest_pose.resize();
+}
+
+void skeleton::set_bone_parent(bone_index_type child_index, bone_index_type parent_index)
+{
+	if (child_index < parent_index)
+	{
+		throw std::invalid_argument("Child bone index precedes parent bone index");
+	}
+	
+	m_bone_parents[child_index] = parent_index;
+}
+
+void skeleton::set_bone_name(bone_index_type index, hash::fnv1a32_t name)
+{
+	if (auto i = m_bone_map.find(name); i != m_bone_map.end())
+	{
+		if (i->second != index)
+		{
+			throw std::invalid_argument("Duplicate bone name");
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		m_bone_map[name] = index;
+	}
 }
 
 std::optional<bone_index_type> skeleton::get_bone_index(hash::fnv1a32_t name) const
diff --git a/src/engine/animation/skeleton.hpp b/src/engine/animation/skeleton.hpp
index b99f00a..5c27434 100644
--- a/src/engine/animation/skeleton.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/animation/skeleton.hpp
@@ -49,11 +49,39 @@ public:
 	void update_rest_pose();
 	
 	/**
-	 * Sets the number of bones in the skeleton.
+	 * Add one or more bones to the skeleton.
 	 *
-	 * @param size Number of bones in the skeleton.
+	 * @param bone_count Number of bones to add.
+	 *
+	 * @return Index of the first added bone.
+	 */
+	bone_index_type add_bones(std::size_t bone_count);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds a single bone to the skeleton.
+	 *
+	 * @return Index of the added bone.
 	 */
-	void set_bone_count(std::size_t size);
+	inline bone_index_type add_bone()
+	{
+		return add_bones(1);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds a single named bone to the skeleton.
+	 *
+	 * @param name Name of the bone.
+	 *
+	 * @return Index of the added bone.
+	 *
+	 * @throw std::invalid_argument Duplicate bone name.
+	 */
+	bone_index_type add_bone(hash::fnv1a32_t name);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes all bones from the skeleton.
+	 */
+	void remove_bones();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Sets the parent of a bone.
@@ -61,12 +89,11 @@ public:
 	 * @param child_index Index of the child bone.
 	 * @param parent_index Index of the parent bone.
 	 *
-	 * @warning The index of a child bone must be greater than the index of its parent. Failure to properly index bones will result in incorrect pose concatenation.
+	 * @warning The index of a child bone must be greater than the index of its parent.
+	 *
+	 * @throw std::invalid_argument Child bone index precedes parent bone index.
 	 */
-	inline void set_bone_parent(bone_index_type child_index, bone_index_type parent_index)
-	{
-		m_bone_parents[child_index] = parent_index;
-	}
+	void set_bone_parent(bone_index_type child_index, bone_index_type parent_index);
 	
 	/**
 	 * Sets the transform of a bone, relative to its parent bone.
@@ -84,11 +111,10 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * @param index Index of a bone.
 	 * @param name Name of the bone.
+	 *
+	 * @throw std::invalid_argument Duplicate bone name.
 	 */
-	inline void set_bone_name(bone_index_type index, hash::fnv1a32_t name)
-	{
-		m_bone_map[name] = index;
-	}
+	void set_bone_name(bone_index_type index, hash::fnv1a32_t name);
 	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the number of bones in the skeleton.
diff --git a/src/engine/render/model.cpp b/src/engine/render/model.cpp
index 1fcf486..0c05f2e 100644
--- a/src/engine/render/model.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/render/model.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<render::model> resource_loader<render::model>::load(::resource_m
 		ctx.read16<std::endian::little>(reinterpret_cast<std::byte*>(&bone_count), 1);
 		
 		// Resize skeleton
-		skeleton.set_bone_count(bone_count);
+		skeleton.add_bones(bone_count);
 		
 		// Read bones
 		for (std::uint16_t i = 0; i < bone_count; ++i)
diff --git a/src/game/ant/ant-morphogenesis.cpp b/src/game/ant/ant-morphogenesis.cpp
index f977a40..4079393 100644
--- a/src/game/ant/ant-morphogenesis.cpp
+++ b/src/game/ant/ant-morphogenesis.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void reskin_vertices
 void build_ant_skeleton(const ant_phenome& phenome, ::skeleton& skeleton, ant_bone_set& bones)
 {
 	// Allocate bones
-	skeleton.set_bone_count(count_ant_skeleton_bones(phenome));
+	skeleton.add_bones(count_ant_skeleton_bones(phenome));
 	
 	// Construct ant bone set
 	bone_index_type bone_index = 0;